In his last words, his foster father hoped that Li Yao would surrender to the Imperium of True Human Beings when the Alliance of the Holy Covenant attacked. He also asked him to find a woman named 'Li Linghai' in the Imperium, claiming that the woman would certainly take care of Li Yao and even the entire Tian Yuan Realm for his foster father's sake. < < (??)
Li Yao could not help but find it rather odd.
First of all, his foster father was from the Holy League, and this' Li Linghai 'was from the Imperium. What kind of life-and-death friendship did the two of them have that made his foster father think of her so much before his death and believe that she would certainly take care of his descendants?
Secondly, what was the identity of this' Li Linghai 'in the Imperium? Was she so powerful that she could decide the fate of an entire Sector?
His foster father had said that Li Linghai's identity was not a secret. If Li Yao had a chance to go to the homeland of the Imperium, he would have been able to find out the answer easily.
Since Su Chang was an expert in the Yuanying level and not a random passerby, it was even more likely that he would know the answer.
After all, it was unlikely that he would return to the homeland of the Imperium in his lifetime. Therefore, he might as well ask him right now without worrying that any secrets would be leaked.
"The Li family?"
Scratching his bald eyebrow, Su Chang pondered for a moment and said, "Since you are asking me this question out of the blue, it is obvious that this' Li Linghai 'must be a rather famous person. In the Imperium, there is a' Li family 'that is almost unstoppable. It is sort of the most powerful noble family only below the royal family!
"The Li family of Long Wind was a noble family whose sphere of influence spanned several Sectors as early as the age of the Star Ocean Republic. The family has a history of thousands of years. Even before the Star Ocean Republic was established, the ancestors of this branch of the family had already been active.
"They are sort of one of the most ancient families that has been passed on since the collapse of the Star Ocean Imperium!
"After Wuying Qi declared himself emperor, the Li family of Long Wind was the first batch of noble families to submit to him. A lot of descendants of the Li family joined the Imperium and participated in the war to annihilate the 'rightful government of the Star Ocean Republic'. They accumulated military credits and expanded their influence in the army, swallowing countless Sectors that disobeyed the Imperium!"
"To this day, there are already seven Sectors where the descendants of the Li family are the 'Sector Masters'. It is needless to say that the descendants of the Li family are everywhere in the army and the capital city. They can also control the lifelines of the economy, politics, military, and media of the Imperium openly and secretly!"
Li Yao nodded. "Understood. Wuying Qi is an outsider after all. I'm afraid that he couldn't have ascended to the throne without the support of the Li family of Long Wind!"
"It is even safe to say that the local tyrants such as the Li family of Long Wind took the opportunity to eliminate their dissidents and competitors with the name of Blackstar the Great for more benefits!"
"After all, in both the Star Ocean Republic and the Imperium of True Human Beings, the Li family of Long Wind has never fallen no matter how the dynasties and years have changed!"
"That's more or less what you mean, isn't it?"
With everything coming to this point, Su Zhang was too embarrassed to flatter the Imperium anymore. He coughed and said, "You can say that."
Li Yao pondered for a moment. If it was the descendant of such an ancient family that had been passed on for thousands of years, and if it was the first person to make the country rise, it would indeed be possible for them to decide the fate of such a remote Sector as the Tian Yuan Realm.
"Li Linghai, Li Linghai …"
Su Zhang curled his fingers and tapped his head softly. "There are thousands of descendants of the Li family. Even the most distinguished ones are too many to count. It seems rather difficult to find one. Wait. Strange. Strange. The name does sound familiar. It seems to have been a piece of sensational news before!"
"Let me think. Let me think carefully. Li Linghai, descendant of the Li family, female …"
"Got it!"
Su Zhang squinted his eyes. Suddenly, he looked at Li Yao up and down for a long time with a very strange look in his eyes. Li Yao's hair stood on end as goosebumps appeared all over his body.
It was not the look of malice and hostility that the Immortal Cultivators had for the Cultivators.
Instead, it was mixed with a hint of "ambiguity"!
Ambiguity?
Dumbfounded, Li Yao rubbed the goosebumps on his arms hard and asked in embarrassment, "Why are you looking at me like that, Senior Su? Is there any taboo about the woman? "
"There is indeed a taboo. The crown princess of the Imperium of True Human Beings happens to be named Li Linghai."
The vague ambiguity in Su Zhang's eyes turned into intense suspicion. "Few people are bold enough to call the crown princess by her full name. That's why I didn't think of it earlier!"
"Where did you learn the name? Why are you suddenly asking about the crown princess?"
Li Yao was completely dumbfounded. His heart in a mess, he stared at Su Zhang for ten seconds before he struggled to say, "If I say that I'm just asking because I admire the crown princess's talent and beauty, would you believe me, Senior Su?"
Su Zhang shook his head slowly.
Li Yao's teeth began to hurt again. They were burning.
Had he known that the answer would be so sensitive, he wouldn't have asked Su Zhang.
"Well, Senior Su."
Li Yao changed the topic. "Do you think it is possible for the two countries to maintain the most reluctant peace before the Holy League is destroyed? Is it impossible for your expedition fleet to turn around? "
"Your way of changing the topic is very clumsy," Su Zhang said.
Li Yao coughed hard. Cough, cough, cough. Cough, cough, cough, cough.
Su Zhang sighed. "Forget it. If you don't want to tell me, I won't force you. Even if I know the answer, I'm afraid that I won't be able to send the answer back to the homeland of the Imperium as long as I live!
"However, a groundless peace is absolutely impossible! The Black Wind Fleet will not turn around. It will certainly swallow you in a hundred years!
"It has nothing to do with the Imperium's ambitions for territory or even the competition of beliefs between us. To be honest, the Imperium is rich enough to cover the entire universe. A few pebbles at the edge of the cosmos like you are not worth our attention!
"The most critical problem is that, other than the Imperium, there is still the Holy League!
"If the Imperium does not occupy any world, the Holy League will certainly occupy it! Any resources that are not owned by the Imperium will be exploited by the Holy League before they turn around and deal with the Imperium! Any human being, if they do not fight for the Imperium, will certainly be brainwashed by the Path of Ultimate Benevolence and end up as emotionless puppets to fight for the Holy League!
"Do you understand it now? It is a trade-off. Therefore, the Imperium will never abandon any Sector or all the creatures living on it!"
"Got it. Since the Imperium will never give up its ambition to conquer us, it seems that the war between us is inevitable before we resist the Holy League together!"
Li Yao sighed. "I only hope that the failure of the war can make the big shots of the Imperium more or less sober and figure out what kind of opponent they are trying to conquer!"
"That's more like it."
Su Zhang smiled. "Strength matters most in this universe after all! Survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest, the strong are respected, and the winner is king! "
"If you really want to participate in the game between the Imperium and the Holy League as a chess player and be on par with the dominators of the universe, show the Imperium what you are capable of first!"
…
Although he was out of the prison cell and the gentle and soothing breeze was blowing at his face, Li Yao was still confused and confused.
Even the large excavating magical equipment that was rumbling far away and the buildings that were rising higher and higher could not calm him down.
Pop, isn't this a bit too much of a joke? Tell me, how did you, a guy of the Holy League, get involved with the crown princess of the Imperium of True Human Beings?
Judging from your words, you seem to be in a good relationship with the crown princess. Is it possible that there is something going on between the two of you?
Li Yao was rather shocked by his dirty thoughts.
But on second thought, it was quite possible!
After his father was stranded in the Heaven's Origin Sector, he had been drinking to drown his sorrows. Every night, he would secretly wipe away his tears. Sometimes, he would even stare at the distant night sky and mumble to himself. His thoughts seemed to have flown beyond the clouds.
Li Yao had a lot of experience, too. It was obviously the behavior of a muscular man who was dreaming of love!
Besides, what could possibly be more irresolvable than 'love' between a man and a woman who had nothing to do with each other and could make them trust each other more?
This is too horrifying!
As a guy of the Holy League, what uncanny, clandestine secrets are there between my pop and the crown princess of the Imperium of True Human Beings, who will be the queen of the Imperium in the future?
"Does my foster father mean that he wants me to seek refuge with his' old flame 'one day?"
Also, since my pop is a guy of the Holy League, theoretically speaking, he should've been bound by the Path of Ultimate Benevolence and shouldn't have revealed any negative feelings, too!
"But the father that I saw was a perfectly normal person. Also, when he was dying, he asked me to be wary of the Covenant Alliance!"
It is obvious that he has broken free from the control of the Path of Ultimate Benevolence and awakened the real consciousness of a human being. He has completely betrayed the Holy League!
How did he do it?
Is it related to the mysterious woman named 'Li Linghai'?
Also, what is going on with Little Black?
What Li Yao cared about most over the past few days was not his physical recovery but Little Black's secrets.
The fat, lazy guy that had been sealed inside Black Wing for decades could be used to control a Colossus!
At first, Li Yao thought that Little Black was some sort of primeval treasure from hundreds of thousands of years ago.
However, after asking for its permission, Li Yao scraped a tiny bit of powder from its body for examination, only to discover that the last time it was thoroughly refined was not hundreds of thousands of years ago but thousands of years ago. Ten thousand years ago at most.
Therefore, Little Black's' birth date 'was not in the primeval era but in the Star Ocean Imperium.
According to Li Yao's own experience and Little Black's hazy memories, Li Yao speculated that Little Black should be a piece of ancillary magical equipment that was produced by the Cultivators of the Star Ocean Imperium for the purpose of manipulating the Colossi.
It was safe to say that it was something similar to a 'liquid crystal processor' that had translated the ancient operation interface of the Colossi into a brand-new interface that was usable by modern people.
But here came the question.
Which unparalleled expert of the Star Ocean Imperium was Little Black's last master?
Where did his foster father find it?
What about the other half of the key that was stuffed into the Black Wing Sword along with it?
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